Value-based care adoption has hit a tipping point. More than half of all healthcare payments are tied to some level of quality or value measurement as of 2021, according to the latest data from the Health Care Payment Learning & Action...
Health benefits are one of the under-explored contributors to healthcare gender disparities and health equity gaps. Employed women spend $15.4 billion more on healthcare than men per year out of pocket and are more likely to reach their...
In this episode, we cover federal efforts to diminish the impact of rampant medical debt and retail initiatives to reach into the healthcare space.
The Biden administration shared its plans to ban medical debts from...
In this episode of Healthcare Strategies, Associate Editor Veronica Salib chats with Dr. Sarah Oreck, a reproductive psychiatrist and co-founder of Mavida Health about the comprehensive reproductive mental health program. The...
When it comes to health equity for patients with physical and developmental disabilities, communication is key.
The disparities affecting this population are well documented. According to the World...
When the nonprofit behind the most popular performance measurement tool implemented health equity measures, it begged the question: how can healthcare organizations measure equity?
Healthcare industry...
In this episode of Healthcare Strategies, Liz Beatty, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Inato, shared insights on the efforts to enhance clinical diversity and access in the United States. By...
It’s been three years since healthcare organizations and industry groups across the country made promises to achieve health equity.
Listen to the full podcast to hear more details. And...
Characterized by economic and financial instability, political uncertainty, social isolation, and widespread illness and death, the COVID-19 pandemic left Americans' mental health in tatters.
The...
Women in healthcare comprise less than 35% of the C-suite healthcare workforce, a significant drop from the 75% across entry-level positions. Although female representation in healthcare is higher than...
The transfer of sensitive data to non-HIPAA-covered entities may result in compliance complexities, data breaches, lawsuits, and threats to patient privacy. Following multiple high-profile healthcare...
Remote patient monitoring tools can improve chronic disease management and patient records, but healthcare stakeholders also must grapple with the accessibility and reimbursement challenges that these...
Medical and health research is vital to advancing evidence-based care delivery and treating existing and emerging diseases, but it faces numerous headwinds, from funding and trust in research to...
Healthcare is on the precipice of having 100 million people lack access to primary care, a problem that could have catastrophic downstream impacts. But according to April Kapu, the president of the...
The significance of diversity in healthcare cannot be overstated, as it ensures that medical staff is representative of the communities they serve, leading to better outcomes for patients and their...
Staff turnover is a challenge for Northern Light Health, Maine’s only integrated health system. Still, it is admittedly not as bad as it has been at other hospitals and health systems across the...
The health equity push is permeating all aspects of the medical industry, with even medical schools looking at how it can improve its recruitment tactics to make for medical workforce...
While advance care planning documents are key for meeting patients' end-of-life care wishes, data siloes can prevent providers from accessing critical information when it matters most. An upcoming...
As home healthcare expanded during the coronavirus pandemic, the home healthcare nursing workforce had to grow with it. As the nation emerges from the pandemic, healthcare leaders must discern how to...
To address the growing youth mental health crisis, healthcare providers are enacting various strategies to extend access to behavioral healthcare. One such strategy is partnering with schools to set up...
